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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What attacks Joel Gonzalez?

2. How do the People of the Mist react to Alex's Tarzan yell?

3. What do the Indians believe started life on earth?

4. What does Nadia say the jaguar is for Alex?

5. Why is Alex surprised when he sees Tepuis, the home of the Gods?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why are Alex and Nadia not frightened by their encounter with the People of the Mist?

2. How do the kidnapping People of the Mist treat Alex differently than Nadia?

3. What unexpected injury does Alex sustain while waiting to be rescued and how does it affect him?

4. What internal conflict does Alex experience when the kidnappers offer him masato to drink?

5. What defeats most adventurers who go into the Amazon seeking riches?

6. What does Alex do to demonstrate his courage to the kidnappers, and what is the effect of his demonstration?

7. What does Nadia learn when she is the first to glimpse the Beast?

8. What device do the People of the Mist use that enables them to climb trees easily?

9. How does Alex help Chief Mokarita?

10. Why are watches and compasses of little use in the Amazon jungle?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What does Alex learn from his experience eating fish with the Beasts? What does this experience teach him about himself?

Essay Topic 2

In what ways was the opinion of the expedition members about the nature of the Beast inaccurate? How did they develop inaccurate opinions? In what ways were they correct?

Essay Topic 3

What do Father Valdomero and Cesar Santos believe about the conversion of the Amazon Indians to Christianity? What brought them to these opinions?

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